Retha Knowles, 91 of Friona passed away August 20, 2022 in Amarillo. Viewing will be held from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM with family visitation time from 6:00PM to 7:30PM Monday August 22, 2022 in the Ron Smiley Memorial Chapel of HANSARD FAMILY with Celebration of Life Services 2:00 PM Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at Victory Church of Friona with Pastors Robert Kerby and D. Jay Lewis officiating. Burial following in the Friona Cemetery by HANSARD FAMILY Funeral Home of Friona.

Retha was born April 29, 1931 in Bethel, Oklahoma to Jessie Arlie and Maybelle Markham Benningfield. She later married Alvin Claudie Price March 4, 1947, and he passed away October 2, 1967. She married Jack Knowles December 9, 1971, and he passed away October 31, 1991.

She and Jack owned and operated Knowles Auction Service where they also sold furniture and cars. Later in life she was a care giver to many area residents. Retha loved her God and was a worshiper and her social life was her church. She also loved caring for and spending time with her family, and enjoyed the Friona Sr. Citizens lunches and games, as well as the activities at Prairie Acres.

Retha is preceded in death by her parents, two husbands Alvin Price and Jack Knowles, 1 daughter-Betty Thompson and her husband Darell, another son-in-law-Lee Maxwell, 1 grandson Jimmy Leon Williams, 3 great-grandchildren- Joshua Kirven, Jameson Aden Adams, and Schimmiel Kirven, 2 sisters-Margaret Jones, and Jessie Benningfield, and 1 brother-Thomas Benningfield.

Those to mourn her passing include 2 daughters-Shirley Osborn and husband Ted of Friona, and Wanda Jean Maxwell of Clovis, 2 sisters-Janice Marie McMillen and husband Joe of Maricopa, California, and Mary Elizabeth Benningfield of Hanford, California, 7 grandchildren- Tonda Clark, Rebecca Witt, Vicki Kirven, Kathy James, Brian Osborn, Gia Oehm, and Dustin Thompson, 20 great-grandchildren, 23 great-great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-great-grandchild.

In lieu of flowers, you may send memorials to Prairie Acres Nursing Home Activity Department 201 East 15 th St. Friona, Texas 79035